{"id":13010,"date":"2024-04-09T02:49:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T02:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?p=13010"},"modified":"2024-04-09T17:19:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T17:19:02","slug":"if-i-were-artemis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?p=13010","title":{"rendered":"IF I WERE ARTEMIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/435264278_357256353377280_9021425851452017598_n.jpeg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"13011\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?attachment_id=13011\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/435264278_357256353377280_9021425851452017598_n.jpeg?fit=742%2C1280\" data-orig-size=\"742,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1712605049&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"435264278_357256353377280_9021425851452017598_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/435264278_357256353377280_9021425851452017598_n.jpeg?fit=174%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/435264278_357256353377280_9021425851452017598_n.jpeg?fit=594%2C1024\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13011 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/435264278_357256353377280_9021425851452017598_n.jpeg?resize=174%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"174\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/435264278_357256353377280_9021425851452017598_n.jpeg?resize=174%2C300 174w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/435264278_357256353377280_9021425851452017598_n.jpeg?resize=594%2C1024 594w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/435264278_357256353377280_9021425851452017598_n.jpeg?w=742 742w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 174px) 100vw, 174px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Latest revision of my kooky slay the patriarchy poem, a kind of extended metaphor,\u00a0 transforming the speaker into Artemis, the ancient Greek goddess of the hunt to explore themes of power, transformation and retribution. I have the rest of April to compose new work and finish editing ahead of meeting with an astute editor to pull together a manuscript. If only I can focus. My concentration has improved. Onward &amp; upward!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>IF I WERE ARTEMIS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My options swell<br \/>\nwhen I\u2019m a goddess,<br \/>\na goddess of the wilderness.<\/p>\n<p>If I were Artemis,<br \/>\nbeyond mere video game avatar<br \/>\nsummoned with a click,<\/p>\n<p>I would weave the tale.<br \/>\nDarling, I would transform<br \/>\nyou into a stag,<\/p>\n<p>from predator to prey,<br \/>\nfrom player to played.<br \/>\nMy golden arrows ace your sword.<\/p>\n<p>Machine gun. Hubris.<br \/>\nI\u2019d deploy Nemesis<br \/>\nor rouse the sea\u2019s wrath,<\/p>\n<p>foil your holiday,<br \/>\nor perhaps unleash a hoary boar<br \/>\nto maim your mean old butt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Latest revision of my kooky slay the patriarchy poem, a kind of extended metaphor,\u00a0 transforming the speaker into Artemis, the ancient Greek goddess of the hunt to explore themes of power, transformation and retribution. I have the rest of April to compose new work and finish editing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13010"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13010"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13020,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13010\/revisions\/13020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}